In The Girl Who Spelled Freedom, a little girl named Linn Yang comes to America from Cambodia. The Vietnam War is going on and Linn and her family are the run.They make it to America and are taken in by the Thrash family. At first there is trouble but soon the Cambodian family learns English. Linn is very smart and always wants to win no matter what. She then wins the regional spelling which is amazing because 4 years ago she couldn’t speak English. She is finally free.